Cristo Rei facing the city of Lisbon

Somehow the stance looks more like Christ is ready to give an inviting embrace rather than being pinned on the cross.

I can't stop traveling, I'm like a kid in candy store whenever I go somewhere new and strange. I need Herculean strength to leave this job that has given me the privilege to travel extensively. 

I might not know you, but will you pray for me?

 

Don't you miss me, my dear friend? Will I have the pleasure to invite you for a smoke or two ever again?

I miss you. 

 

Happy Chinese New Year! My sis and I had a 60's one. It was fun.

Dome long gone. An empty hole is what remains since the original dome capping the ceiling has collapsed. This is the entry vestibule into Diocletian's living quarters, overlooking the Peristyle.

Split, Croatia

Friends often said I complain too much. Like to pick on the petty side of life. Moan and groan about the slightest thing. Wash, rinse, repeat.

And so, I'd like to take a new direction with this blog. A picture blog. Let the pictures do all the moaning and lamenting. But of course, I'm allowed to rant once in a while. You don't want me turning into a psycho now, do you?

That picture above was taken last Sept, when Joanne and I went traveling in Central Europe. I still remember that day, walking the length of the Walls of Dubrovnik under the scorching Adriatic sun. The sunlight so bright we're squinting our eyes with the same urgency like a child holding her pee. And then the Bell Tower rang. It's good to be alive isn't it, because then you get to experience moments that fill your senses to the brim.

Happy New Year. May the new year be a blessed one for all.